Title: The Times They Are A-Changin'
By: Bob Dylan
Meter: 3/8

[Intro]
          


[Verse 1]
             
Come gather 'r

            
ound people Wh

           
erever you roa

    
m
             
And admit that

            
 the waters   

            
Around you hav

  
e grown
             
And accept it 

            
that soon You'

            
ll be drenched

                 
 to the bone
             
If your time t

            
o you   is wor

            
th savin' 
             
Then you bette

            
r start swimmi

              
n' or you'll s

           
ink like a sto


ne
             
For the times 

             
they     are a

          
-chang - in' 


[Interlude]
                                


[Verse 2]
             
Come writers a

            
nd critics Who

            
 prophesize wi

               
th your pen
             
And keep your 

            
eyes wide The 

            
chance won't c

       
ome again
             
And don't spea

            
k too soon For

            
 the wheel's s

               
till in spin
             
And there's no

             
 tellin' who  

            
 that it's nam

       
in'
             
For the loser 

            
now      will 

           
be later  to  

   
  win
             
For the times 

           
they are a-cha

    
ngin'


[Interlude]
                                                


[Verse 3]
             
Come senators,

            
 congressmen P

            
lease heed the

         
 call
             
Don't stand in

            
 the doorway D

            
on't block up 

      
the hall
             
For he that ge

            
ts hurt Will b

            
e he who has s

         
talled
             
There's a batt

            
le outside and

               
 it is ragin'
             
It'll soon sha

            
ke your window

           
s and rattle y

       
our walls
             
For the times 

           
they are a-cha

    
ngin'


[Interlude]
                         


[Verse 4]
             
Come mothers a

            
nd fathers Thr

            
oughout the la

      
nd
             
And don't crit

            
icize What you

            
 can't underst

 
and
             
Your sons and 

            
your daughters

            
 Are beyond yo

                
ur command
             
Your old road 

            
is rapidly agi

      
n'
             
Please get out

            
 of the new on

           
e if you can't

            
 lend your han


d
             
For the times 

           
they are a-cha

     
ngin'

[Interlude]
                                                                


[Verse 5]
             
The line it is

            
 drawn    The 

            
curse it is ca

       
st
             
The slow one n

          
ow   Will late

       
r be fast
             
As the present

            
 now   Will la

             
ter be past
             
The order is r

               
apidly fadin'
             
And the first 

            
one now    wil

           
l later be   l

  
ast
             
For the times 

           
they are a-cha

    
ngin'


[Outro]